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Bob visits with Brian Stowell at the Crown Point Cabinet factory in Claremont, New Hampshire. Crown Point uses a number of different woods for their cabinets, including quartersawn oak, Appalachian cherry, Honduras mahogany, and silver maple, while the interiors of the boxes are made from premium hardwood plywood. Crown Point uses a computer numeric controlled overhead router to cut the pieces for the boxes. It runs an entire sheet of plywood making all the cuts, dadoes, peg holes, etc. maximizing the use of the wood and reducing the chance for human error. Hardwood for the doors are hand selected, cut to length in the chop saw, grains are visually matched before jointing, and then glued up on a large glue clamp rack with a special glue able to withstand the heat needed for the oven-baked finish. Raised panels are shaped by a high-speed profile cutter to get their beveled edges. Door construction is essentially tongue and groove. They are hand- and machine sanded and then either hand stained or painted with an old-fashioned milk-painted finish.

Bob meets up with Tim Woods of the Internet Home Alliance in the basement of the Quechee home to check out the progress of the integration of the connected home technology. Looking at the network control center, Tim points out the wires representing the different systems in the house. The black wires come from the two-way satellite communication and provide the internet access and the high definition and broadband-capable entertainment. Another group of cables come from the home runs (or two-plus-twos and include coax and ethernet) in each room. These facilitate the distribution of shared data throughout the house. The telephony refers to the phone lines coming in for distribution through the rest of the house. The router provides for data distribution and internet access and ties in with the wireless system as well. Upstairs some of the ADT I-centers are already hooked up and are tied in with the security system which has a box of its own in the basement.

Bob works with the crew from Thorough Construction as they prepare the Woodport door for hanging on site. The door is stabilized by a horse that holds it steady while the work is done. A jig serves as a guide as they router the mortise for each brass ball-bearing hinge. The router creates uniform, flat cuts for the hinges on both the door and the jamb piece. The jambs and header are made from poplar. They are glued and then screwed in place, checked for square, then braced with temporary strapping before being transported to the rough opening. A single screw is set in the header to hold it in place while the installers shim it and check to be sure it is plumb and level. The door jambs and header are then screwed into place. They must trim the door along the bottom edge, which is taped to protect the finish from damage during cutting. Once in place, temporary drywall screws hold the door until the brass screws are inserted as a finish detail when all adjustments have been made.

Bob Vila meets with Alexis Willingham and Billy Carmen from MacLock and Wizard Industries, respectively. Willingham demonstrates the MacLock locking mechanism, which consists of a 28-inch long stainless steel blade that extends from the door into the doorframe to prevent kick-ins and is operated by a standard deadbolt system. Carmen shows how easy the installation is with the router plate that is included in the MacLock installation kit.

Western red cedar was used for the porch ceiling and trellises. Eventually a climbing rose will be grown along the trellis and provide a little privacy on the porch from the busy street. Carpenter Matt Staffier explains how the trellis is constructed using one-inch western red cedar and held together using a lap joint, glue, and brads. Staffier creates a spacer after the first cut is made to fit in the previous groove and act as a guide for the next cut. The cut is then made using a router. The trellis is constructed using half-laps, glued, and nailed into place. The trellis slides into a groove used for the previous trellis on top and secured with chucks at the bottom to hold it in place. The trellis has large squares to let in light and an opening at the top for a hanging plant.

Bob meets with Thomas �Doc� Dougherty, the stair builder at Simplex Industries, to discuss the progress of the staircase in the modular home project. The staircase is located in the center section of the home on the first floor. The staircases are all built at the Simplex plant specifically for each home. The stringers are routed out with a seven degree dove tail router bit and wedges are installed with the risers and treads to insure an extremely tight fit and prevent future squeaking.

Carpenter Bob Ryley is on location to begin work on a reproduction wood-paneled wall in the project home's formal dining area. The wall panels, which were inspired by a visit to the Winslow Crocker house, a 1790 example of Colonial architecture on Cape Cod,. They will be made from knot-free, select grade pine. After discussing the room's layout and consulting an architectural rendering, Ryley begins to cut, assemble, and dry fit the panel elements. Ryley first mills the vertical trim pieces, called stiles, and the horizontal rails on a router table. Next, a wall panel is milled from three boards which have been glued and clamped overnight. Finally, Bob and Ryley begin to temporarily assemble the panels on the wall. Once all the pieces of the wall panels have been test fit, final assembly can begin.